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...that New York Journal cartoonist and illustrator Nell Brinkley created the "Brinkley Girl" (pictured) an iconic representation of independent working women popular in the early 20th century?
...that Selvarajah Rajivarnam was the fourth journalist to be killed on April 29, during the last three years of the Sri Lankan civil war?
...that Time predicted 1973 to be a "gilt-edged year" for the stock market, just three days before the stock market crash of 1973–4 began, wiping 45% off the value of the Dow Jones Industrial Average?

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